Label Analysis

Label Analysis - Cereal and Snack Food

1. I chose to do Mini-Wheats Cereal (brown sugar flavour) by Kellogg's, and Chocolate Chip granola bars by President's Choice. 

2. The first 3 ingredients were:
Cereal- whole wheat, sugar, glycerin
Granola bars- rolled oats, sugar, wheat flakes

3. In the cereal, the only ingredient that I didn't recognize was something called BHT. I researched this and found that it was a not particularly health chemical additive called butylated hydroxytoluene.
In the granola bars, there were no ingredients that I didn't recognize.

4. For both products, there were no ingredients with the words "shortening" or "hydrogenated".

5. For the cereal, there was 2 percent fat, 5 grams of protein, and 15 percent carbs.
For the granola bars, there was 5 percent fat, 2 grams of protein, and 7 percent carbs.

6. The labels did specify the type of fat in the product and how much of each type there is. In the cereal there are no other fats in addition to the 2 percent fat (i.e. no saturated or trans fats). In the granola bars, there was an additional 1 gram of saturated fat (5%) and no trans fat. The amounts seem to add up to the total fat amount.

7. One serving of the cereal is 54 grams (20 biscuits), and there are 510 grams altogether in the box.
One serving of the granola bars (1 bar) is 28 grams, which is the same as what it says on the wrapper.

8. Cereal- 190 calories per serving
Granola bar- 120 calories per serving

9. The most calories come from carbohydrates in my products.

10. Yes, these labels are clear to me. The ingredients are not that complicated and they are easy to find, which goes for the nutrition facts as well. They are in the same "nutrition box" as on most products, therefore I could easily read them because it is presented in a form that I recognize.